Hundreds of people have marched through the Kenyan capital to protest at the brutal killing of an HIV-positive boy. Isaiah Gakuyo was allegedly stabbed to death with a pitch-fork because of his status. Police are hunting his uncle, who was supposedly looking after him. Mr Gakuyo's mother and grandmother had both reportedly died from Aids-related illnesses. Aids activists say the killing highlighted the stigma faced by those living with HIV/Aids in Kenya. At one point, he was looked after by members of Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai's Green Belt Movement after he had reportedly been mistreated by his uncle. The Kenya Times newspaper reports that the boy had to use separate eating utensils from other members of the family. At his funeral, Aids activists urged the police to find the killer but two weeks later, no-one has been arrested. "The boy was facing violence on a daily basis," Inviolata Mwali Mmbwavi, one of the march organisers, who runs a group working with Kenyan Aids victims,... http://news.bbc.co.uk

Fighting has made it impossible to reach large areas of the Sudanese region of Darfur, the Red Cross says. International Committee of the Red Cross Sudan spokesman Paul Conneally told the BBC that its vehicles are being systematically looted. He said tens of thousands of people had been forced from their homes around the rebel bases in the Marra mountains. Aid workers are trying to help more than two million people, in what the US says is a genocide. Mr Conneally says civilians have fled from towns in the area, which are now patrolled only by the Sudanese army....http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4926234.stm

Immigration agents arrested seven executives and hundreds of employees of a manufacturer of crates and pallets Wednesday as part of a crackdown on employers of illegal workers. Authorities raided offices and plants of IFCO Systems in at least nine states, the culmination of a yearlong criminal investigation, law enforcement officials said. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested seven current and former IFCO Systems managers on charges they conspired to transport, harbor and encourage illegal workers to reside in the United States for commercial advantage and private financial gain, said Glenn T. Suddaby, the chief federal prosecutor in Albany, N.Y., where some arrests were made. ICE spokeswoman ...http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=1863706&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

The man alleged to be the real 20th hijacker of the Sept 11 terror attacks is imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay, it has emerged Muhammad al-Qahtani, a Saudi, was arrested after US immigration authorities refused to allow him to enter the country at Orlando airport in Florida, before the suicide hijackings. Testimony in the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui quoted Khalid Shaikh Muhammad, the mastermind of the 9/11 terror attacks who has been in US custody for several years, describing al-Qahtani as the last hijacker for the mission who would "complete the group".Nineteen hijackers boarded four planes on the morning of September 11, 2001. Three planes each with five terrorists on board struck their intended targets, but the fourth, United Airlines flight 93, only had four hijackers. Too many unanswered questions classified as National Security which only protects those that have something to hide and nothing to do with security other than protect those that screwed up and let this happen...http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2143027,00.html

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez says his country is withdrawing from the South American trade bloc, the Andean Community of Nations. He told a summit in Paraguay that Venezuela was leaving because recent trade deals between Peru, Colombia and the US had killed off the community. He has accused fellow members of being overly aligned with the US. He has vowed to create economic and political unity in South America without the help of Washington. Mr Chavez has maintained a war of words with Washington, and argued that free trade deals are unfair to developing nations. On Wednesday the Venezuelan leader told reporters at the summit in Asuncion that the Andean Community of Nations - made up of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru - was "fatally wounded" and only served international elites. ...http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4925056.stm

Crude oil traded in London has hit a record high of $74.16 a barrel, the seventh consecutive day in which it has set a new price peak. Concerns that increased demand for petrol will squeeze already stretched supplies have kept prices high, as data showed a fall in US gasoline stocks. US-Iran tensions and Nigerian supply concerns are also driving the market. Brent crude later eased to $74.10 while US light, sweet crude hovered near its $72.40 high of recent days. In Asian trading, prices edged up 3 cents to $72.20. Analysts said prices were likely to keep spiking higher as long as there was an atmosphere of global political uncertainty fuelled by Iran's dispute with the international community over its nuclear intentions. ...http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4925240.stm